dochodzić

From do- +‎ chodzić.

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈxɔ.d͡ʑit͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔd͡ʑit͡ɕ
• Syllabification: do‧cho‧dzić

dochodzić impf (perfective dojść)

1. (intransitive) to arrive, to reach, to get to (to get somewhere by foot)
   1. (intransitive) to arrive, to reach, to get to (of vehicles or air, etc.; to reach somewhere)
   2. (intransitive) to hit (of bullets, etc. to reach a target)
   3. (intransitive) to arrive, to reach, to get to (of information, etc.; to be found out)
   4. (intransitive) to arrive, to reach, to get to (sounds, visual stimulus, etc.; to be sensed)
2. (intransitive) to reach, to get to (to moving in a specific way to reach a point in space) [+ do (genitive) = what]
3. (intransitive) to reach, to get to (to arrive at an addressee) [+ do (genitive) = whom]
4. (intransitive) to reach, to get to (to reach a specific place by spreading in its own way) [+accusative] or [+ do (genitive) = whom]
5. (intransitive) to reach, to get to (to join or be joined to an already existing group of people, phenomena or things) [+ do (genitive) = what]
6. (intransitive) to reach, to get to (to achieve a certain kind of trait or state) [+ do (genitive) = what]
   1. (intransitive, colloquial) to finish (of foods, to finish cooking)
7. (intransitive) to get to, to make it to (to reach a particular point in a series) [+ do (genitive) = what]
8. (intransitive) to reach, to get to (to achieve some state after trying) [+ do (genitive) = what]
9. (intransitive) to come to (to be realized) [+ do (genitive) = what]
10. (intransitive, sports) to approach (to make contact with the ball in order to make a throw or shot) [+ do (genitive) = what ball] (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
11. (intransitive) to catch up with [+accusative = whom/what]

    Synonym: doganiać

12. (intransitive) to come to (to get something legally) [+genitive = what]
13. (intransitive) to reach, to come to (to formulate a certain kind of thought on some basis) [+ do (genitive) = what]
14. (intransitive) to come to (to find out or reach some conclusion)
15. (intransitive) to get to (to be able to be used by people, i.e. of food)
16. (intransitive, colloquial) to come (to achieve orgasm)
17. (intransitive) to arrive at, to reach (to come to some border in space or time)
18. (intransitive) to reach (to come to some amount or number)
19. (intransitive) to come to (to be an addition to something)
20. (intransitive) to mature (of fruits, food, etc., to become ripe)

    Synonym: dojrzewać

21. (intransitive, colloquial, hunting) to get within shooting distance of the game
22. (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) to hit (to kill an animal)
23. (obsolete, intransitive) to match, to equal, to measure up to

    Synonym: dorównywać

24. (obsolete, intransitive) to go to the end of (to attend or go to something until the end of that thing)

dochodzić impf (perfective dojść)

1. (impersonal) to come to (to result in a particular negative situation) [+ do (genitive) = what]

• dochodzić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dochodzić in Polish dictionaries at PWN